#B9474E#B9474E

#B9474E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.147 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9474E
RGB	rgb(185, 71, 78)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 46.58, 20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 50.79, 23.50°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.1389 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.147 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6381, 15.3739, 8.9289)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9474E #47B9B2

analogous

#B94787 #B9474E #B97947

triadic

#B9474E #4EB947 #474EB9

tetradic

#B9474E #87B947 #47B9B2 #7947B9

square

#B9474E #87B947 #47B9B2 #7947B9

split-complementary

#B9474E #47B979 #4787B9

monochromatic

#612529 #8D363B #B9474E #CA7379 #DBA0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#B9474E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B9474E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9474E

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9474E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9474E	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80764B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9474e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 71, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.147 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47f7f',
    500: '#b9474e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9474e;
$custom-light: #d47f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9474e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.316,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5537,
    "c": 0.14748,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9474E

secondary

#94C7C4

accent

#D5CD53

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9474E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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